MIDDLE EAST (DEFINITION)

asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention to continue to use the term "Middle East" to cover those geographical areas which, in the past, have been referred to as "Near East" and "Middle East."

If Egypt is to be called the "Middle East," where is the "Near East" now? As Egypt and other Eastern Mediterranean countries were called the "Near East" before the war, would the Prime Minister consider—I do not ask him to answer now—whether, in the interests of geographical decorum, he could not apply the term "Near and Middle East" to the commands, committees, and other organisations which cover both Egypt and countries further East?